This blog is all about the Zentangle® Method of drawing developed by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas.

Zentangle Resources

Zentangle ResourcesPartially Annotated Bibliography

(I will annotate most of these entries, but it's a work in process.)

Arrien,
Angeles. Signs of Life: The Five Universal Shapes and How to Use Them.
New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1998. Print.

Arrien is an anthropologist whose work aims
at building bridges between cultural anthropology, psychology, and comparative
religion. In Signs of Life, she explores the significance and
symbolism of five basic shapes that appear in the art of cultures worldwide:
the circle, the equidistant cross, the spiral, the triangle, and the square.
What is more, these symbols have similar basic meanings cross-culturally. Her
work is based on academic research, but the book is written for a general
audience. For each symbol, she offers myths, interpretations, and a teaching
story. For Zentangle enthusiasts, her book offers food for thought about basic
forms used in tangles and what they mean. There are many cool drawings
throughout the book as well.

This is a great basic hands-on resource for
learning how to fly on your own as a Zentangle artist. The book is packed with
simple but powerful tips and techniques for generating tangles from traditional
designs, modern art, and all that surrounds us.

This is another great resource for those who want to teach themselves to tangle using a book. As Sandy tells readers, her passion and strong suit is deconstructing patterns she finds everywhere. She has a very easy-going style of writing that keeps all instructions user-friendly.

Bartholomew,
Sandy Steen. Tangles of Kells. E-book, 2014. Print.

A book of tangles (with clear instructions or "step outs") inspired by the movie The Secret of Kells.